Untaught
Untaught adjective - Lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books.
Usage example: an untaught artist whose primitive paintings are now prized by collectors
Unskilled
Unskilled adjective - Lacking or showing a lack of expert skill.
Usage example: an unskilled handling of the facial features in the portrait explains why it is attributed to “school of Velázquez” and not to the master himself
Untaught and unskilled are semantically related in untrained topic. You can use "Untaught" instead an adjective "Unskilled".
Nearby Words: unskillful, unskilful, unskilfully
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